Can you read? Punk's segments gained viewers. Only his match against Clay lost some viewers, but who can blame them, Clay is boring as fuck. They only lost 100,000. Hell, Kingston's match lost 1 MILLION viewers.

Can you read? Punk's segments gained viewers. Only his match against Clay lost some viewers, but who can blame them, Clay is boring as fuck. They only lost 100,000. Hell, Kingston's match lost 1 MILLION viewers.

Can you?

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C.M. Punk vs. Ryback in the TLC match gained 515,000 viewers.

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From start-to-finish, the segment with Rock and Punk that ended the show gained 887,000 viewers.

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The Ryback interview and Kaitlyn vs. Eve Torres for the Divas title gained 509,000 viewers.

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The final segment with The Rock concert and the brawl with Punk gained 207,000 viewers.

Take out the real viewership magnets around his vicinity and they won't sit around for his 97 lbs pizza hut delivering ass.

The divas stood for the vast majority of that quarter as Ryback's interview was very short (although unintentionally hilarious, so definitely worth watching). Bow before them instead because Ryback was also part of the previous quarter that lost almost half a million.

But it doesn't matter since these can't be the right figures as they don't show the 1,5M gain for Rock and Sock you promised us.

Cm Punk may not be a huge tv draw (he can draw when he's doing something interesting), but he is certainly a wrestling forum draw. Jesus Christ. It seems every single thread descends into a full on debate about the pros and cons of the man!

Anyway, I think these numbers show that Ryback is definitely winning the rumble. They'd be stupid not to.

Looks to me that these numbers mean shit. Everything is always all over the place every week, nothing is ever consistent. I don't see how anyone can try to argue that one wrestler does or doesn't draw from the information given in these breakdowns.

I often like to see these numbers to get a rough idea of how the show went, what might have been popular, what might not have been popular, as well as to see which hours are the most successful and how the third hour does. But this week... I can't tell a damn thing. Big Show/Kofi losing 1 million? The divas match gaining half a million? The Rock Concert overrun only bringing in 200,000? The fuck is even happening?

None of these numbers are consistent with anything in the past. That isn't saying much because nothing is ever consistent.

- Due to the holidays, we're just now getting the ratings breakdown for the January 7th WWE RAW with the return of The Rock. That show did a 3.15 rating with 4.44 million viewers. RAW that night went up against the BCS Championship football game which drew 26.83 million viewers.

Barrett vs. Marella gained 101,000 viewers. Antonio Cesaro vs. The Great Khali lost 80,000 viewers. Jinder Mahal vs. Sheamus gained 150,000 viewers. Ryback vs. CM Punk in the TLC Match gained 515,000 viewers, a very good growth for 10pm right now. The first part of the match did a 3.52 quarter rating and the second part did a 3.44 quarter rating. Kofi Kingston vs. Big Show lost 1,037,000 viewers - way more viewers lost than any segment in 2012. That was likely fans turning back to the football game.

From start to finish, the segment with The Rock and CM Punk gained 887,000 viewers. The Punk interview before Rock came out did a 3.17 rating. The Rock/Punk segment back and forth did a 3.67 quarter rating. At the finish, which went longer than usual, they were at a 3.34 quarter rating.

- As noted, the January 14th episode of WWE RAW did a 3.19 rating with 4.54 million viewers. This was the biggest audience for RAW since the 1,000th episode on July 23rd, 2012.

In the segment breakdown, they opened strong with Vince McMahon, Big Show and Alberto Del Rio doing a 3.44 quarter rating. Wade Barrett vs. Randy Orton lost 171,000 viewers, which is good considering how strong the opener was. Kane vs. Damien Sandow and the Mick Foley Hall of Fame announcement plus the brawl with The Shield, Sheamus, Ryback and Orton lost 497,000 viewers. Ryback's interview plus Kaitlyn vs. Eve Torres for the Divas Title gained 509,000 viewers at 9pm for a 3.33 quarter rating.

Brodus Clay vs. CM Punk lost 149,000 viewers. Punk's post-match interview, the video of past RAW car moments plus the backstage segment with The Rock, Foley and Vickie Guerrero gained 142,000 viewers. Sheamus vs. 3MB in a Over the Top Challenge plus a John Cena segment lost 202,000 viewers. MizTV with Ric Flair, The Miz and Antonio Cesaro gained 449,000 viewers at 10pm for the show's peak rating of 3.50.

Cody Rhodes vs. Daniel Bryan plus a backstage segment with AJ Lee, Big E Langston and Dolph Ziggler lost 752,000 viewers - which is likely to be among the biggest drops of this year. Cena vs. Ziggler in the steel cage match gained 118,000 viewers. The closing segment with The Rock's concert and the brawl with Punk gained 207,000 viewers for a 3.20 quarter rating. That gain is considered low for a RAW overrun.